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24-580: Dearborn Street is a street in Chicago, where it is 36 W in its grid system. It is the street immediately to the west of State Street , the city's north–south baseline. Dearborn Street appears on James Thompson 's 1830 plat of Chicago, and was named for being the closest named north–south street to Fort Dearborn . Dearborn Street begins as a residential street at 155th Place in South Holland near South Suburban College . Segments of Dearborn Street throughout

48-476: A much bigger road. Route 45 continues south on La Grange Road. Continuing east, 95th Street crosses major interstate and state routes, including: Interstate 294 ( Tri-State Tollway , Harlem Avenue ( Illinois Route 43 ), Cicero Avenue ( Illinois Route 50 ), Pulaski Road , Kedzie Avenue , Halsted Street ( Illinois Route 1 ). At State Street , 95th crosses Interstate 94 (the Dan Ryan Expressway ). It

72-515: Is housed on the upper floors of the tower. In October 2015, Michael Jordan opened his first store at 32 South State St. and is branded as 32 South State. The flagship store included retail shopping, Chicago Bulls memorabilia, a training lab for local youth, and a basketball court on the upper levels. In July 2019, Primark announced its U.S. market expansion to Chicago with a three-level 45,000 square foot flagship location on State Street where Gap formerly housed its flagship store. The location

96-522: Is just south of 95th that Interstate 57 ends at I-94. Continuing east, 95th Street crosses Interstate 90 ( Chicago Skyway ), the Calumet River , before ending at Ewing Avenue/Avenue L ( US 41 ) on Lake Michigan . In the city of Chicago , 95th Street passes through the neighborhoods of Beverly , Washington Heights and Roseland , then marks the borders between Burnside and Pullman and between Calumet Heights and South Deering before crossing

120-548: Is scheduled to open in 2020 and will be its first store in the Midwest. In November 2019, Uniqlo opened its second Chicago location on North State Street replacing the two-level H&M at 22 N. State. State Street is primarily served by 29 State , a CTA bus route that runs from Navy Pier to 95th/Dan Ryan station via State Street. At 69th Street, bus route 29 splits so that southbound buses travel along Lafayette Avenue and northbound buses travel along State Street; starting at

144-712: Is served by a number of trains and buses (75th Street is longer as a whole, but has its majority in DuPage County rather than Chicago and Cook County.) The 95th/Dan Ryan terminal of the Red Line is one of the busiest in the system. It is a transfer point for people living on the far south side or in the suburbs . The CTA 95 95th and Pace 381 buses run along 95th Street. Additionally, the 29 State, 34 South Michigan, 100 Jeffery Manor Express, 103 West 103rd, 106 East 103rd, 108 Halsted/95th, 111 111th/King Drive, 112 Vincennes/111th, 115 Pullman/115th, and 119 Michigan/119th buses, as well as

168-646: The Bataan Death March . 95th Street (Chicago) 95th Street is a major east–west highway on Chicago 's South Side , and in the southwest suburbs , is designated as 9500 South in Chicago's address system . 95th Street is 11 miles (18 km) south of Madison Street . 95th Street begins at Wolf's Crossing Road in Naperville and continues east, becoming Will County Highway 89 from Plainfield-Naperville Road, curving southeast upon entering Bolingbrook , ending

192-551: The Calumet River to enter the East Side neighborhood. Chicago State University is located on 95th Street between Cottage Grove and King Drive. In Naperville, Illinois , there is one high school on 95th Street. Neuqua Valley High School is a public high school in Indian Prairie School District 204 . Taking into account its entire length, 95th Street is the longest east–west road on Chicago 's South Side , and

216-629: The Dan Ryan Expressway from 65th Street south to just beyond 95th Street , where State Street crosses the I-94 Bishop Ford Memorial Freeway to enter Roseland. The northern portion of the Vincennes Trace or Vincennes Trail, a buffalo (bison) migration route and a Native American trail which ran some 250 miles to Vincennes, Indiana , was called Hubbard's Trace or Hubbard's Trail since it connected Chicago with Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard 's more southerly trading outposts. It took on

240-549: The Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Dearborn Street also gets interrupted by Dearborn Park , a residential area that occupies the now-demolished railyard for Dearborn Station . Dearborn Street resumes at Polk Street directly north of the preserved station building. Although Dearborn Street is a one-way road serving northbound vehicular traffic, it hosts a two-way north-south bikeway through downtown from Polk Street to Kinzie Street. The Dearborn Street Bridge carries

264-603: The Pace 352 Halsted, 353 95th/Dan Ryan CTA/Calumet City/Homewood, 359 Robbins/South Kedzie Avenue, and 395 95th/Dan Ryan CTA/UPS Hodgkins buses, start and end at 95th/Dan Ryan station. A number of Metra lines cross 95th Street, including: two stops on the Rock Island District line at 95th Street–Longwood and 95th Street - Beverly Hills , the Electric Main and Blue Island Lines at 95th Street (Chicago State University) , and

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288-733: The Green Line from 18th Street to Harrison Street and into the Loop Elevated ). State Street is the location of many landmarks in downtown Chicago : Landmarks on State Street in Chicago's South Side , south of Roosevelt Road, include: The bridge where State Street crosses the Chicago River is named the Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge in honor of the World War II defenders of Bataan and Corregidor including those in

312-516: The South Side, CTA bus route 75 runs south along Lafayette Avenue to serve 79th station on the Red Line . Because State Street is a frontage road serving northbound traffic, southbound bus route 29 runs along Lafayette Avenue. The Milwaukee-Dearborn subway underlies the street downtown. This Chicago -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . State Street (Chicago) From north to south, State Street traverses

336-604: The State Street Revitalization Project and on November 15, 1996, the street was reopened to traffic. During the second half of the 20th century, State Street was eclipsed by Michigan Avenue's Magnificent Mile as a shopping district. Various projects to restore State Street's shopping attraction have been met with some success, and the State Street corridor is gaining residential as well as more traditional commercial development. Anchored by Macy's Chicago ,

360-789: The county highway at DuPage River bridge. Its eastern terminus of western section of 95th Street is at Boughton Road, continuing as Kings Road. The street resumes in Cook County at IL 171 ( Archer Avenue ) in Willow Springs , west of the Des Plaines River , in Palos Township . From there it runs through Spears Woods, part of the Palos Forest Preserves . Before exiting the preserves, it intersects La Grange Road ( US 12 / US 20 / US 45 ). US 12 and 20 turn onto 95th Street, making it

384-466: The flagship location is the world's second largest department store by square footage. The 12-story building features many historical landmarks including a Tiffany & Co. Dome. The Block 37 opened in 2009 at State and Washington, bringing with it a large group of upscale retailers to North State Street including Anthropologie , L'Occitane en Provence , Banana Republic , Zara , Disney Store , Godiva , Sephora , and an AMC Theatres location on

408-468: The following community areas of Chicago : Near North Side to the Chicago River , Chicago Loop to Roosevelt Road, Near South Side to 26th Street, Douglas to 39th Street, Grand Boulevard to 51st Street, Washington Park to 63rd Street, Grand Crossing to 79th Street, Chatham to 91st Street, Roseland to 115th Street, and West Pullman to 127th Street, where it terminates across from Riverdale Bend Woods. The street runs parallel and adjacent to

432-841: The fourth floor. On the Pedway level is the Blue Line's Washington station and Red Line's Lake station both connected underground. The department store chain Carson Pirie Scott closed their flagship store on State Street on February 21, 2007 after over 100 years of business in that location. Target opened their 125,000 square feet State Street store in the landmark Carson Pirie Scott building later in 2012. On January 12, 2012, Walgreens opened its U.S. flagship location at Randolph Street , where it had previously existed from 1926 to 2005, when construction of Joffrey Tower necessitated its demolition. The renowned Chicago-based Joffrey Ballet

456-526: The historic Chicago Theatre . The latter was lit by Commercial Light Company in 1958, making it the brightest thoroughfare in the world, according to the Chicago Tribune . State Street became a shopping destination during the 1900s and is referred to in the song " Chicago ," which mentions "State Street, that great street." In 1979, the downtown portion was converted into a pedestrian mall with only bus traffic allowed. Mayor Richard M. Daley oversaw

480-480: The name State Road after some state-funded improvements. Vincennes Avenue, one of Chicago's rare diagonal streets, is a vestige of the Vincennes Trace, and further south the trail eventually became Illinois Route 1 . In its early days, State Road was unpaved and known for having mud so deep it was jokingly said that it could suck down a horse and buggy. In the late 1860s, Potter Palmer embarked on efforts to raise

504-408: The profile and prestige of State Street. He enticed Marshall Field and Levi Leiter to move their prosperous and growing department store, Field, Leiter & Co. , to the corner of State and Washington Streets in 1868, and he built his own Palmer House Hotel nearby in 1870. For many years the city's most well-known seafood retailer, Burhop's Seafood , was located on North State Street, as well as

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528-814: The south suburbs and South Side neighborhoods are disjointed residential streets. Dearborn Street noticeably shifts westward by a few blocks north of Sibley Boulevard. Dearborn Street returns in the West Pullman neighborhood in Chicago; however, it goes by the name "Lafayette Avenue" throughout most of the South Side. Lafayette Avenue serves as a southbound frontage road for I-94 ( Dan Ryan Expressway ) between 98th Place and 66th Street. Lafayette Avenue becomes Dearborn Street again north of Garfield Boulevard . Dearborn Street gets interrupted due to areas occupied or once occupied by public housing projects ( Robert Taylor Homes , Stateway Gardens , Dearborn Homes , Harold L. Ickes Homes , and Hilliard Towers Apartments ) as well as

552-562: The split, both of the streets are frontage roads for the Dan Ryan Expressway. Multiple other bus routes, such as bus route 36 in downtown, run along State Street in segments to serve a train station or downtown. The Red Line parallels State Street from 95th Street to Marquette Road and from 13th Street to Division Street. The Green Line parallels State Street from 40th Street to Harrison Street (the Orange Line runs concurrently with

576-545: The street across the Chicago River . Dearborn Street becomes a two-way road after passing Washington Square Park before ending at North Boulevard south of Lincoln Park. Although there is not a bus route dedicated to Dearborn Street, plenty of bus routes run along Dearborn Street, particularly in downtown and the Near North Side neighborhood. CTA bus routes 22, 24, 36, 62, 70, and 151, as well as Pace bus routes 850, 851, and 855 all run along Dearborn Street at some point. In

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